… With an already demanding schedule in 2011, Tennessee had requested that the North Carolina series be pushed back until later this decade, according to Hamilton. But the Tar Heels weren’t interested in moving the series, leading to the current talks centered around Tennessee paying a penalty to get out of the series and nixing it all together.

Most likely he’ll get some Sun Belt school to step in, with the hope that the Vols can eke out enough wins to qualify for a minor bowl game against a Conference USA opponent. It’ll be like old times for Derek Dooley.

Sad, one of the few positives about TN football was their leadership in the SEC by having a quality OOC game every year. I realize it was driven by the need for exposure to aid in recruiting outside areas but they usually led the SEC in discretionary scheduling.

And they kept losing those quality OOC games whether played at home or on the road. Their longtime coach got fired, they had multiple losing seasons and they are under investigation for recruiting violations. The Vols presently are in danger of dropping to the bottom half of the SEC East. All this from the team that has the all-time second highest winning percentage in the SEC. Playing OOC games against quality opponents, particularly away games, is very dangerous. You better win them or the consequences can be disastrous.

No. I only blame him for his own screw-ups. Why are you wanting to make him out to be so great when he clearly wasn’t. And as for the 8 home game thing, forget FLA, all the rest of the SEC teams have at least 7 and UGA is still the only SEC team with only 6 home games. Yeah, great job DE.

Someone please tell me how this guy keeps his job? Fire Phat Phil and hire, Kiffin? A young punk with no SEC connections and a losing record? Then, with no disrespect to Dooley, he does it again! Why doesnt he hire a winner, like one of their Daddys. Oh yeah, he did hire Kiffin’s Daddy, he just got their jobs mixed up. Dyslexic maybe?

Quote Of The Day

“Being a student at Georgia and playing ball, I’ve definitely grown, widened my horizons and experienced things I never thought I would. I feel like I’ve grown on and off the field, and the university prepared me for that. I’ve done some awesome things and met some awesome people. I’ll definitely be back to finish my schoolwork, because that was a big priority for me and my family and weighed heavily on my decision. I know football won’t last forever. It’ll be great to come back and get that degree, so I can tell my kids about it one day.” — Roquan Smith, AJ-C, 3/7/18